Vehicle security is becoming an increasingly important factor in the minds of car and truck buyers. An educated buying public is asking a lot of questions these days about vehicle safety and security. And well they should.
Unwanted entry into vehicles accounts for $8 billion in motor vehicle thefts and $1.5 billion in lost articles in the U.S. annually, according to FBI statistics.
Car crime is currently the largest category of reported crime in the UK. The 2000 crime survey (which not only includes reported crime but also estimates of unreported crime), shows a figure of 3.5 million thefts from and 700,000 thefts of vehicles.
DuPont helps automotive engineers design an array of security-enabling solutions, ranging from SentryGlas®, which provides a remarkably resistant barrier to smash and grab artists, to electronic sensors that detect occupants in a vehicle and DuPont holographic film or digital ink labels for airbag authentification.
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